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Anand0021 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

use of would

I seek your advice regarding meaning of three sentences. Please explain me their meaning-
I would come.
He would have a lot of contacts.
You would have come.
Please explain me their meaning. Thanks in advance.
  

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Those could be used as implicit conditionals, with an if phrase understood from the context. Example: Friend A: I was thinking about throwing a swingers party, but I don’t know if anyone would come. Friend B: I would come (if you threw the party).

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  • Those could be used as implicit conditionals, with an if phrase understood from the context.
  • Example: Friend A: I was thinking about throwing a swingers party, but I don’t know if anyone would come.
  • Friend B: I would come (if you threw the party).
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Those could be used as implicit conditionals, with an if phrase understood from the context.

Example:

Friend A: I was thinking about throwing a swingers party, but I don’t know if anyone would come.
Friend B: I would come (if you threw the party).
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Is would showing probability or certainity in above sentence?
If it's showing certainty then can we use would for probability purpose. Please explain to me with any example.
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anand0021Is would showing probability or certainity in above sentence?
You could say it indicates improbability: it presents the situation as a somewhat remote possibility. The type of construction it is used in is called a remote/second conditional.
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anand0021probability or certainity certainty
'would' doesn't really show these things. It shows something more like imagination. The speaker imagines something in the present or future. What the speaker imagines may be any kind of imagined probability or imagined certainty or a mixture of these.

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